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1. What ...?: Ne dedin? What did you say? 2. What a ...!/How ...! (used as an intensifier before adjectives): Ne biçimsiz bir masa! What an ugly table! Ne soğuk! How cold it is! 3. whatever: Ahmet ne yaparsa Ayşe beğenir. Ayşe approves of whatever Ahmet does. 4. What ...?: Bu ne kutusu? What´s this box for? Yarın ne dersin var? What lesson do you have tomorrow? 5. used as an intensifier: Dün rüzgâr ne esti ha! Yesterday the wind blew like all get-out. 6. used to express approval or disapproval: Bu ne kıyafet böyle? And just what sort of getup is this? Bu dünyada ne anneler var! This old world has some pretty wonderful/awful mothers in it! --ler used to indicate a quantity of things: Daha neler gördük, neler! We saw lots and lots of other things as well! Neler öğrendin? What things have you learned? --si used to show a connection: Sen İsmet´in nesisin? How are you kin to İsmet? O adam buranın nesi? What´s that man´s position here? --sine? What on earth does he need ... for?: Otomobil onun nesine? What on earth does he need a car for? Altın kolye onun nesine? What on earth is she doing with a gold necklace? -- akla hizmet ediyor? Why on earth is he doing such a thing? -- âlâ! How nice! -- âlâ memleket! What a fine kettle of fish!/What a wonderful state of affairs! (said sarcastically). -- âlem used to express a feeling of astonishment tempered with affection: Ne âlem adam! What a crazy guy! O kadın ne âlemdir bir bilsen! That gal´s a character, I can tell you! -- âlemdesiniz? How are things with you? -- alıp veremiyor? 1. What is it he wants?/What´s he after? 2. /la/ What´s the problem between ...?: Onunla ne alıp veremiyorsun? What´s the problem between you and her? (...) -- arar! /da/ (Someone) is completely lacking in (something).: Onda para ne arar! He´s never got two cents to rub together. (Burada/Orada) -- arıyor? What´s he doing here/there?/What does he want? -- biçim used to show disapproval: Ne biçim adam yahu! What a jerk! Ne biçim sözlük! And this thing´s supposed to be a dictionary! -- buyurdunuz? What did you say? -- buyurulur? /a/ 1. What do you say to ...?/What would you say to a ...?: Soğuk bir limonataya ne buyurulur? What do you say to a cold lemonade?/Would you like a cold lemonade? 2. What do you have to say to ...? (said tauntingly). -- canı var ki? How can he do that? (He´s not got the physical strength.) -- çare! What can one do?/It´s a hopeless situation. -- çıkar? 1. What difference will it make one way or the other? 2. What´ll come of it? (Nothing!). 3. What can I/you expect to get out of it? -- çiçektir biliriz. colloq. I know what a bad lot he is./I know just how nocount he is./I´ve got his number. -- de olsa nevertheless, nonetheless. -- dedim de ...? Why on earth (didn´t I do something)?: Ne dedim de sana haber vermedim? Why on earth didn´t I inform you? -- demek? 1. What does it mean?: Bu ne demek? What does this mean? 2. Just what does it mean? (said angrily): Ders ekmek ne demek? Just what do you mean by cutting a class? -- demeye ...? 1. Why ...?: Buraya ne demeye geldin? Why have you come here? 2. used when questioning the meaning of something: O sözü ne demeye getirdi? Just what did she mean by that remark? --ler de neler, maydanozlu köfteler all manner of strange and outlandish things. -- denir?/-- dersin? colloq. What can you say?/There´s nothing you can say. -- denli 1. ... how much .... 2. However much .... 3. My, how ...! -- dersin? colloq. What do you think? -- dese beğenirsin? colloq. You´ll never guess what he said to me./You won´t believe what he said to me./Just guess what she said!/Guess what she called me! -- diye ...? Why ...?/For what purpose ...?: Ne diye ben gideyim? Why should I be the one to go? Ne diye gideyim? What´s the point in my going?/For what purpose am I to go? -- ekersen onu biçersin. proverb You reap what you sow. -- fayda! colloq. What good can that do now?/What´s the good of it now?/It´s too late for that now. (...) -- gezer! see ne arar! -- gibi ...? What sort of ...?: Ne gibi bir dernek o? What sort of an association is that? -- gibi? What, for example?/Such as what?/Like what? --ler gördüm! The things I saw!/I saw a lot, I can tell you! -- güne duruyor? colloq., said of someone or something whose usefulness has been overlooked: Onlar ne güne duruyor? If they won´t be useful now, just when will they be useful? -- günlere kaldık! colloq. Things have really gone to the dogs!/Times have changed for the worse! -- haber? colloq. How´s it going?/How´re you doing? (...) -- hacet? /a/ Why ... have to ...?: Gitmeye ne hacet? Why do you have to go? (...) -- haddine! Just who is he/she to ...?: Bana öğüt vermek ne haddine! Just who is he to give me advice? -- hali varsa görsün. colloq. He can go jump in the lake for all I care!/I leave him entirely to his own devices!/I wash my hands of him! -- halt etmeye colloq. Why in the hell ...?/For what god-awful reason ...? -- hikmetse For some reason or other .../God only knows why .... -- idüğü/idiği belirsiz (someone, something) about whom/which one knows nothing (and is therefore suspicious). -- ise see neyse. -- kadar 1. How much is it? 2. How much ...? 3. ... how much .... 4. However much .... 5. My, how ...!: Ne kadar güzel! My, how lovely! -- karın ağrısı. colloq. What a pain in the neck he/she/it is! -- karışıyorsun? What are you interfering for? -- ki see nedir ki. --dir ki but, only. --me lazım. 1. He/She/It doesn´t concern me. 2. What need have I of ...?/What good is ... to me? 3. I still think .../I don´t care about that; I still think ...: Neme lazım, iyi çocuktur. I don´t care about that; I still think he´s a good kid. --ne lazım? What´s it to you?/Why are you interfering? -- malum? colloq. How do you know?: Belki hırsızdır, ne malum? How do you know he´s not a thief? -- mal olduğunu biliriz. see Ne çiçektir biliriz. -- mene what sort of: Ne mene şeydir o? What sort of thing is it? -- mümkün! How´s it possible?/It´s impossible! -- münasebet! That´s absurd!/That´s impossible! --yin nesi? Now just who is ...?/Now just what is ...? -- olacak. What else can you expect? (from such a person or thing). -- oldu? 1. /a/ What´s the matter with (him)?/What´s eating (him)? 2. What´s happened?/What happened? -- olduğunu bilemedim. I was flabbergasted. -- oldum delisi olmak (for someone whom fortune has recently smiled on) to begin to think he´s/she´s something special/really something. -- oldum dememeli, ne olacağım demeli. proverb Instead of puffing yourself up over a past or a current success, have an eye to the future. -- olur/olursun! Please! (said imploringly). -- oluyor? 1. /a/ What´s it to (him)?/How does it concern (him)? 2. What´s the trouble?/What´s going on? 3. /a/ What´s happening to ...?: Sana ne oluyor böyle? What´s happening to you? -- olur ne olmaz just in case. -- olursa olsun 1. in any event, in any case, come what may, whatever happens. 2. whatever the consequences: Yüzünü bir dağıtayım da sonra ne olursa olsun! Let me just smash his face in, whatever the consequences! -- pahasına olursa olsun at any price, whatever the cost, at all costs. -- satıyorsun? slang What are you talking about?/What are you going on about? --den sonra much later; long afterwards. -- söylüyorsun? 1. Do you realize what you are saying? 2. Is that true? -- sularda How´s ... going?: Davan ne sularda? How´s your lawsuit going? -- şüphe used in: Ona ne şüphe! Undoubtedly!/Without a doubt!/Who can doubt it? --ye uğradığını bilememek to be knocked for a loop by an unexpected calamity, not to know what has hit one. -- vakit 1. When?/When ...? 2. whenever: ne vakit oraya gitsek whenever we go there. -- vakittir for a long time (now). -- var? What is it?/What´s the matter? -- var ki but, only. -- var, ne yok? colloq. What´s up?/How´s it going? -- vazifen! colloq. What´s it to you?/Why does it concern you? -- yalan söyleyeyim .... I won´t hide it from you; .../To tell you the truth, ...: Ne yalan söyleyeyim, yemekler berbattı. To tell you the truth, the food was awful. -- yaparsın/yapalım/yapayım? What can you do?/There´s no help for it./There´s nothing that can be done. -- yapıp yapıp in some way or other, by hook or by crook. -- yazık! colloq. What a shame!/What a pity! -- yüzle How can he have the gall to (do that)?: Ne yüzle bunu söyleyebilir? How can he have the gall to say this? -- zahmet! What a lot of trouble you´ve gone to! -- zaman 1. When?/When ...? 2. whenever: ne zaman onu görsem whenever I see him. -- zamandır for a long time (now). -- zarar! What´s the harm in it?/What does it matter?/So what?